Cardboard carton.



G. C. PEXTON.

GARDBOARD CARTON.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911. v

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GARDBOARD CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 1910.

1,000,624. Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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s ATENT GUY c. PEXTON, or nAYTON, OHIO.

CARDBOARD CARTON.

Application led December 23, 1910. Serial No. 598,936.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY C. PEx'roN a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cardboard Cartons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in card board cartons of the collapsible kind, and appertains particularly to a collapsible card board box adapted to constitute a package in which poultry feedmay be sold and from which poultry may be fed without transferring the feed to another receptacle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the receptacle in section, showing the same in position in which poultry may have access to the feed therein. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the receptacle. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the receptacle is formed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank forming the inner bottom of the receptacle. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank forming the hinged portion.

In the drawings and specification, similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

As indicated above, .the receptacle constitutes a package. for conveying poultr feed from the place of purchase, and a fee ing vessel from which the poultry may eat. It is formed from a blank of suitable card board of the shape shown in Fig. 3.v The blank is bent on the various dotted lines or score lines vto form a rectangular vessel. The parts 1, 2 2 and 3 constitute the back,

sides and front, respectively, when the blank is bent on the vertical score lines. yThe -tongue 8 is secured along the edge 8 to unite the blank when folded. The top closure of the receptacle is formed by flaps 4 and 5 folding in the order named. The flap 5 has locking slots 6 which receive locking tongues 7 which fold upon said flap 5, the flap 4 being innermost. The extreme bottom closure` is formed by the iap 8 continued from the back 1. Lying against the bottom 8a on the inside is a layer 9 extends ing from the front opening portion 10. This part reinforces the bottom of the re.-

ceptacle and forms a hinge for the door 10.

The edge 11 of this door portion is folded over on the adjacent score lines to reinforce the edge. The inner bottom fold 9 has slits 12 which receive locking tongues 13 extending from the sides 2. The door portion 10 has end extensions 14 which bend at right angles and lie on the inner sides of the sides 2 of the receptacle. These extensions 14 are notched in their upper edges to provide stopsA which limit the outward movement of the door 10 by engaging the lower edge of the front wall 3. y

The blank shown in 4 forms an inclined bottom 15 for the receptacle, which directs the feed to the lower front of the receptacle so that the same may at all times be in a convenient position for feeding when the door is opened as in Fig. 1. This inclined bottom 15 has an extended portion 16 and two end extensions 17. When bent upon the respective score lines, the portion 16 lies against the back of the receptacle, and the end extensions 17 lie against the inner sides of the side Walls 2 and inclose the door guides 14 between them'and the side walls. The extended portion 16 may be adhered to the back of the receptacle or not, as may be desired. Before the package is opened, the door 10, where it meets the lower edge of the front 3, is sealed by a strip 18 to prevent leakage of the contents whilebeing handled.

In Fig. 1 the closure is open so that the poultry may be fed from the bin.

The rear ofthe receptacle has a suitable eye 19 attached to it by which it may be suspended in a suitable position and thereby prevented from being knocked over while poultry are feeding. Y

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. lA collapsible card board receptacle for the purposes specified, formed from a blank out and scored to provide back and side Walls of equal depth, and a front wall of less depth and providing an open space at the bottom of the receptacle, end flaps extending from the back, side and front walls, and overlapping to provide a top closure, and end fiaps extending from the back and side walls and overlapping to provide a bo'ttom closure, a second blank cut and scored to form a lower front hinged section of the receptacle, said blank having* an extended portion forming an element of the bottom, and end extensions adapted to extend on the sides of the receptacle, said end extensions being providedzwith .means to limit the opening of the lower front, and a third blank providing an inelosed inner bottom for the receptacle, substantially'as described.

2. A bin adapted to form a package and feeding receptacle for poultry, the same being constructed o a blank of card board ont and scored to provide four Walls With top and bottom closure extensions, the front Wall bo-- ing of less depth than the remaining Walls tol r providel an opening in the lower front of thereeeptacle, a second blank of card board out and scored to provide a door continuation of the front wall, and a reinforcing member for the bottom closure, said second yblank having end extensions with notches therein adapted to engage the lower end ol the front wall to limit the outward movement of the door, and a third blank forining an inner inclined bottom for the rei-.eptaole, said third blank having end extensions 'which` inclose the inner sides of the notehedvend extensions of the door to guide the same in opening and closing said door.

ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses. A

, GUY C. PEXTON.

Witnesses:

R. J. MCCARTY, HOWARD S; SM1 2H. 

